“I HATE YOU.”Cath’s reply, that means the opposite. Not being in denial, but more like being flustered and shy with how things are working out right now. “I love you more.”Sam teases her, knowing what she truly means by those words and she is flustered by the entire moment. “I know.”She pushes Sam away and demands. “I’m getting ready now, so you should do the same.”Her demand that makes Sam giggle. Loved her not-half-honest self, yet he couldn’t protest about it. Not now that she already admitted her feelings for him. “Can I at least join you in the shower?”With Sam’s smile that’s hiding those hidden thoughts and wants that Cath immediately picks up and remembers the last time. Cath’s ears turn red once more with her firm reply. “No, and not even in your dreams.”“Please?”Sam pleaded with those charming eyes that Cath was resisting. Worse with his still naked body that’s making her drool. “No means no!”She once more firmly rejected Sam’s advancement, realizing that if she
THE stage is set, and everything is fixed and presented according to how Sam wanted it all to be with the help of Brian, and the anticipation of his twins. “Everything is set and running.”Brian reported, fixing his glasses and all calm. Handling things from the smallest details and all for the sake of his sister’s happiness. “I know that I can count on you, Brian.”Sam complimented that Brian smirks first as his reply and said. “You from all people know what I am capable of.” Brian brags and for a moment looks at Sam in a threatening way with his words. “I am the best ally, but your worse nightmare as an enemy. Just one thing, don’t you dare make Cath cry.”More than just a threat, but an entire worth of their friendship on the line. Sam smirks then smiles nodding in agreement. “And that’s the second time that you threaten me with the same thing.”Sam remembers that Brian could agree and more. “Well, this will not be the last time.”With a fist bum and two to seal the deal.“D
“PERFECT.”Cath smiles while looking at herself in the mirror. While everyone who helps her get ready for the night is admiring her present and sophistication that they are all thinking and agreeing that Sam did choose the right woman. “He plans everything perfectly as I say, and I compliment him for this.”She smiles, while couldn’t help but think about Sam and blushing from time to time. Which is making everyone around her giggle in silence. “How do I look?”She finally asks, not that random but everyone currently around her knew that she is just trying to get her mind out of thinking about Sam and blushing like a tomato. “You look, great ma’am.”The rest then agrees with their smiles and proud stance for doing a job well done. “Alright! I am ready.”More like convincing herself that she is. She turns around and faces the mirror once more and looks at herself. The dress that Sam pick for her that outline and pops her figure and most especially shine her beauty. She ends up blush
“DOES this mean you will be our mommy for good?”Monique asks enthusiastically and giggles along with Cole, as the twins are sitting beside the two of them, Sam. “Hmmm…”Cath teases, acting like having second thoughts about everything while the twins are enthusiastically waiting for her reply. “It’s all up to your daddy how he will prove himself to me.”To Sam’s a bit of annoyance thinking and all that everything is alright between them. But with the way that Cath looks at him, she reminded him of what he said and the little promise that Cath will hold on to. “Besides, I will be patiently waiting for him.”Cath ends her reply with those sweet words that draw a huge smile on Sam’s face. Now with the two of them looking sweetly at each other, everyone seems didn’t exist anymore, which is all but the perfect moment for Lindsey to document everything. “Miss Cath said that she will wait for you dad. But do not let her wait that long.”“I demand that you prove everything that you needed
“GRAN- GRAN?”The twins call out in both surprise and wonder upon seeing their grandmother waiting for them in the living room of the mansion. “In the flesh.”Sophisticated, beautiful, wealthy, and smart. That’s the presence that Cath receives from Sam and Lindsey’s stepmother. The tycoon and entitled queen in the business of cosmetics, fashion, and jewelry. The person that is a good friend, but a worse enemy. “Where is my hug?”“Gran-gran!”The twins run and hug her tight. Giggling from the surprise that they didn’t think of having tonight. “It is really true, our little Cole is speaking again.”She hugs Cole tight and panting kisses on the twins and the twins replied with a giggle and a hug to their favorite grand-grand. “Mom.”“My dear Lindsey.”Lindsey then hugs her who in return gave her the same with a kiss on her cheeks and two. “Let me look at you, my dear.”She runs her eyes like a health doctor examining Lindsey with just a look. “Are you even eating right? You look wa
“MOM.”Sam gently calls out and joins Adriella on the balcony while sipping her favorite wine, and looking at the city light up ahead. “Sam.”She greeted him with a smile and a look that isn’t hard for Sam to read that she already knew what he is trying to tell her. “If you are thinking that I will give Catherine a hard time and your presence right now suggests that you are talking me out of it then, you guess it right as I just read your mind.”Adriella completely shuts Sam’s thoughts off. Knowing him all too well that it isn’t that hard for her to read his mind by just looking at his expression. “Can I talk you out of it and convince you in a way? I am open to getting what you want for a bribe.”Sam tries to sweet talk his stepmother, yet Adriella looks at him with an unsatisfied way and dismayed expression. “Not even a slight possibility, and I am not taking any bribe from you, Sam.”She firmly said with the tone that she will not budge even a little for the favor that Sam is w
“GRAN-GRAN loves testing every woman who wants to be with daddy.”Monique started, emphasizing the word love and how cunning their grandmother is, especially to those women who wanted to be associated with the name Lawrence. “She always tells that we should be vigilant to those fake women who only wanted the name of Lawrence for their own benefit and do not really care about daddy especially the two of us of Cole.”Cath grasp the gist of Sam’s stepmother’s way of protecting them. She couldn’t help but agree and respect Adriella’s ways. Admitting that one should really look for the welfare of the whole family and especially Sam when it comes to those women who only wanted the influential and powerful name of Lawrence. “Well, there are some who really wanted daddy, but no one of them ever likes the both of us of Cole.”Monique continues with her expressions that are emphasizing each word that she just said. Which made Cath realize a thing of how hard everything went down for the twins
ADRIELLA’S test. The two words that Sam should be worried about are more. Yet, he is not even thinking nor feeling it right now knowing Cath and his confidence in choosing the right girl. Even though that Adriella is someone that could not be pleased easily. “That smile of yours.”Adriella softly said, smiling with a mix of longing and a proud tone that showed on her face. “How long has it been since I saw this smile of yours? Ten years?”She remanence, not the precious nor memorable moments. But the time when all of Sam’s worlds started to crumble for the relationship became torture for him and the entire family for four years. “I haven’t seen you this inspired and so much in love since I married your father and I become your mother.” Adriella recall. “I admit that-that girl is making you happy right now and that she is the one that you wanted to be with forever. But I need to do what a mother needed to do. I do not want to see you depress and down just like in the past, Sam.”Sam
“MOMMY!” The twins, Monique and Cole opens the door and runs up to her with excitement and twinkling adoration to their eyes upon seeing her. “Wow, you look like a princess, Mommy.” “You do, you do!” Monique’s comment with wide smile and agreed by Cole. Admiring her beauty as she is dress in a sophisticated white dress. Her wedding gown and the day that she will finally tie the knot with Sam. After all the problems that are resolve, the secrets that are said, apologize, forgiven and done. With the twin’s biological mother gracefully out of the picture by her death. Everyone is there in that very special day to witness and congratulate them. “Thank you.” Cath smiles and giving the twins one kiss each on their cheeks. Making the twins giggle more in excitement. Just then, the wedding coordinator knock on the door and asks her. “Miss Catherine, shall we?” “Of course.” She couldn’t contain her happiness and smiling all the way through. With the wedding theme of like mystical fore
“HOW long has it been since then, Leo?”The expected meeting, but the unexpected expression and tone that is in a mix of disappointment and anger that Cath is showing right in front of him. Left alone in the headmistress office and at first glance they are seem to share a casual tea time. He looks down, not in shame, but a bit of worry from how things unfolded. Which makes him think if he is regretting his decision of giving Cath a clue about the past.“Or should I call you now with your known name, Aaron?”“Tell me, do you hate me that much after what you have learn, Cath?”“Hate you? Why should I? You didn’t do anything to me which needed me to resent you. Instead I am the one who should be asking you of that question, for I failed to recognize my old friend.”Old friend. The words that means more than the shallow meaning of it. Words that will disappoint anyone, for it means more than just a rejection, but a total abandonment towards someone who only thinks about one person and dea
MORE than being stripped of everything that he had, Harry is slapped with the truth and faces the wrath of Adriella in her calm demeanor whom everyone knows that it is worse than a tyrant in that kind of mood. “You do not need to explain anything to me but sign the divorce papers, right now.”“I-I…”Definitely shaking within his wits, Harry couldn’t even utter a single word nor look at the face of his mother-in-law worst towards Lindsey whose expression is indistinguishable for lacking nothing to see. Worst with the atmosphere in the room that is getting heavy and dreadful upon their conversation that a while back is going smoothly and just like always. Only to be struck by the divorce papers and the secret that Harry is been hiding for almost a month now. “I stayed quiet and compose for the sake of Lindsey. But since it all comes to this and the fact that you are caught red-handed. There is no need for further discussion.”“But I… I only did it once, or maybe twice or thrice, but t
“WILL this be alright?”Lindsey’s worry and her thoughts about what Sam decided upon after what happened. Hiding the fact that they were kidnaped. Letting Jun handle the rest with the pieces of evidence at hand and the new ones that were suddenly sent to them just a while back. With all of them know that it was from Beatrice, leaving Francis in the air and saving herself. “This is better and the appropriate thing that we should all do.”Cath seconded, forcing everyone to have this talk and all from Sam’s protest. With her injuries and critical state in the first few hours after they are saved. Luckily Cole wasn’t hurt in any way nor the child is traumatized. But make sure, Sam sends his son to the psychiatrist, and is currently under the care of Adriella. Lindsey recovers fast, and can now move on her own, unlike Cath. “Let’s just leave it to Jun and Nadia. They both know what to do.”She added, hiding the fact that she doesn’t want Sam to know about the organization that Francis on
DAMN alive and still breathing despite his injuries and the gunshot that he just receives from Aaron a while back. Francis stands before Cath, with his gun up a bit shaking from his wound, but directly pointing it towards her. “I may stupidly fail at first, but this time I will not fail to end your life. You who put me behind bars, Catherine Wayne.”“Cath!”Two familiar voices echo in the air, but before Cath could look and see for herself who could those two people be? Francis fired his gun, missing Cath’s vital spot from his shaking hand due to his injuries. Yet still, inflict Cath with another injury and a gunshot to her left arm. Stumbling backward made her lose her footing and leads her to fall to the cliff.“Damn! Just die!”Two gunshot echoes, now directly to Francis's legs leaving him impaired and down helpless. “You cannot save her, she is gone! You failed to save your girl, Samuel Lawrence!”Consumed with anger, Sam clenches his hands tight, yet he didn’t blow up on Franci
STARTLED and quickly stops in her tracks, now standing and still. Lindsey instructed Cole to close his eyes and cover his ears. Do not let go no matter what happens and wait for her to say so. “Do you understand, Cole?”“Alright, aunt Lindsey.”The little boy replied and quickly borrow his face to Lindsey’s chest. Being an obedient child, Lindsey could feel the fear of her nephew with Cole’s shaking body and cold hands. “Stop, or find yourself swimming in your blood.”More than a familiar voice and the only person right now that Lindsey could think of who. She slowly looks back and is not surprised to see the Governor, no, Francis, pointing a gun right in front of her and with a cursing look on his face. “Just how low could you go for doing this to our family? Are you desperate to establish your dominance over us that you are going this far for your selfish desire?”“Low? Who, me? Tsk! Do not make me laugh Miss. Lindsey Lawrence.”Their exchange made it clear and more than to Linds
TRAIL OF BLOOD is visible from near. Cath’s breath is heavy and her sweat is dripping from her forehead. She’s easing the pain from the gunshot wound that she got to her left arm and right leg. Dragging her heavy body and following the path that she instructed Lindsey at first if anything might happen and they needed to separate. “Tsk!”She clicks her tongue in anger and irritation. Tired and has been losing a lot of blood after she fought and struggled against Ivy. Now holding the gun that almost took her just a while back. “CATHERINE WAYNE!”The name, her name that Ivy screams in anger at the last second when she pulled the trigger and put a hole in its forehead. Ending a nightmare that she took within her hand and fails to put her back behind bars. “Almost. Just how many it is right now?”Suddenly reminisced and the similar danger that she took and choose for her career and passion. She chuckles and a bit rested behind a large tree. Ripping her bolero and tying it around her leg
GUN shots can be heard from a distance and back. The exchange and the loud crash with the blow of a bomb shake the ground for a few seconds. Holding on to a tree while tightly holding Lindsey’s hand with her right one, Cath held her ground looks back when Lindsey screams in surprise at what just happened. Starling Cole awake, that worried Cath even more than she is under a lot of stress right now. “Lindsey, are you alright?” “I am. I am just startled.” “Mom? Mommy?” “Cole.” They both immediately coax the child back to sleep. Lindsey covered Cole’s ears while hugging the little boy tight into her arms. “Mommy, aunt Lindsey, what is happening?” “Don’t worry Cole, that was just nothing, just go back to sleep.” Relieved that the little boy is still sleepy and that it didn’t give them the hard time to coaxing it back to sleep. Cath looks around and a few steps away from where she instructed Lindsey to stay covered and safe with Cole. “Tsk!” She couldn’t help but click her tongue
“THIS is what you need to do.”Instructions that Beatrice needs to follow. Things that she is hesitant at first to do since it might drag her name along with the danger that she just run away successfully from Francis. But with Hiro’s assurance and the things that Hiro just told her. The plan and the fact that the organization has Cath, Lindsey, and Cole, the truth that the organization is the other party that is rubbing Francis's patience, and the little deal that Hiro on behalf of the organization strikes a deal with Cath. Is more than a heavy reason for her to believe. No, she had no choice but to believe. For in between the organization and Francis, added with the fact that Cath strikes a mutual deal with the organization. One thing is only left for her to choose from, and that is to follow the plan Hiro just told her about, and put everything of the blame on Francis.“I got it. I’ll prepare everything as soon as possible. I’ll call you when everything is ready.”“Thirty minutes.